I just got a used Epic Touch 4g from Cowboom. Today is the first day using it and I really like it. However I am having some weird issues. While the phone is on and I am either in a browser (Dolphin, Stock) or an app the 4 capacitve buttons will light up automatically. Then sometimes after they light up at the bottom of the screen the Options menu will show up. When this happens the phone haptic feed back goes off.
Anyone know what is going on and possibly a solution before returning? I really don't want to return this phone.
I'm having the exact same issue. It started doing this since I installed the "official" ICS. I didn't have this issue with GB. I have not gone back to GB since I really like ICS...
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Mine does it all the time being that I never have good signal here in Tallahassee
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Same here I noticed this randomly since I have been on Official ICS.
Has this phone been out for over a year? Since I bought it used I don't know if there is any manufacturer's warranty left on it. I didn't purchase insurance.
I had the same issue for months but only when cell service was crappy. They replaced the screen at the Sprint store and it never happened again.
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I had something similar going on. I called Sprint a few times and ended up going into one of the stores with a service center. I left it for about 45 minutes and the guy said the cable that connects the front capacitive buttons had come loose. I haven't had any issues like this in two months, simple fix. Also, I had an ICS rom on the device prior to the official release and the guy didn't say a thing.
Good luck.
Kyle
How long has this phone been out? Is there a one year manufacturers warranty? I may need to see if I can take advantage of that since I didn't purchase insurance.
this is a known issue, if you search the forum you'll find lots of examples of it, most have just taken it to sprint, even w/o insurance they probably fix it/swap it out for the $35 as this seems to be a common problem
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I thought this was a common problem with AOSP builds.
It only happens to me when I lose signal.
But this is a hardware problem?
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I thought this was a common problem with AOSP builds.
It only happens to me when I lose signal.
But this is a hardware problem?
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Yeah this is the first time I heard about it being a hardware (screen) issue too. I never had it happen across all GB ROMs, and just about every leaked ICS build. I didn't experience it until I flashed CM9.
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Yeah this is the first time I heard about it being a hardware (screen) issue too. I never had it happen across all GB ROMs, and just about every leaked ICS build. I didn't experience it until I flashed CM9.
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the button lockup is common in ics, the menu presses are the hw issue....
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the button lockup is common in ics, the menu presses are the hw issue....
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I haven't experienced any button lockups, only phantom menu button spam when I hit a extremely low signal. This only happened to me in the 10 months I've owned this phone, after flashing CM9.
I've noticed this when plugged into a car charger and using navigation in spotty service areas. I always thought it was a heat/capacitance issue.
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So a few times a day my phone will start bugging out, vibrating and the same menu that would pop up if you pressed the menu button would come up. I find it pretty weird, I can't reproduce it but it comes and goes.
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Same with me.
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This kinda sucks because I have a feeling it's a hardware issue, I'm over my 14 days and I'm scared that I might get a phone with LOS. Damn I thought I almost got away with a problem free epic.......
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Same is happening to me, I made a thread about it and no help, might be a hardware issue.
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tonight mine freaked out a little bit but not exactly the same as yours. My phone appeared to freeze up for a few seconds and then anytime I pressed any of the capacitive buttons the voice talk app would say "what would you like to do?" I had to reboot it to get it to stop.
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Same is happening to me, I made a thread about it and no help, might be a hardware issue.
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I Google's it a bit and it looks like others have this issue as well. It used to only happen once a day but lately it's more often. Issue seems to be getting worse. I know for sure tho when I bring it to sprint it won't happen at all and I'll have to argue with them.
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sorry for ressurecting an old thread. but anyone with a fix for this? i swear this hasnt happened untill like my 15th day lol..
someone help!
Im having the same problem.. But I can watch my menu open and close on its own. I cant figure it out to save my life. I got this oct 15th its now nov 4 th.. If I go to our sprint store & get a hassle, someone will be eatin this phone..
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Well front desk girl almost ate this phone.... I felt kinda bad abt it afterwards.. Repair guy stayed behind the glass window... So after some pressure, they decided it was a hardware issue with the touch screen, an replaced the phone.
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Yea, I get this issue every now and then. Some of the ROMs give me less frequency, but it always seems to happen again.
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Well front desk girl almost ate this phone.... I felt kinda bad abt it afterwards.. Repair guy stayed behind the glass window... So after some pressure, they decided it was a hardware issue with the touch screen, an replaced the phone.
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congrats on getting a replacement. unfortunately, im outside my 14- and 30-day period so i suppose im stuck with this issue
anyone with any more info on this? Mine starting doing this recently.
Factory Reset was a no fix.
This started happen to me too, my home button gets "stuck" when i press the power it would take a screen shot. I hope its not a hardware issue, i really baby my phone. I am calk rom 2.0. Also i belive samsungs warrenty should cover it for free.
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This started happen to me too, my home button gets "stuck" when i press the power it would take a screen shot. I hope its not a hardware issue, i really baby my phone. I am calk rom 2.0. Also i belive samsungs warrenty should cover it for free.
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Damn, that doesn't sound right. I wouldn't wait if it happens anymore. If you don't have insurance, will they charge the $100 deductible?
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Ok so whenever I reset my ram with task manager my radio crashes and when it comes back on it says roaming then jumps back to Sprint service. It also happens when using ##3282# wether I go to edit or view clicking on evdo will crash the radio. It did this on every build since I got the phone. Its nothing major like b4 when rebooting was the only way to get back in service. Just wanted to point it out bcuz I know its not normal and never experienced it with the og epic.
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Its not a glitch that is supposed to happen. When u clear the RAM it stops all apps and processes from running. That us why that happens. Actually that was used to help get rid of LOS rather than rebooting cause it resets the radio.
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Its not a glitch that is supposed to happen. When u clear the RAM it stops all apps and processes from running. That us why that happens. Actually that was used to help get rid of LOS rather than rebooting cause it resets the radio.
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Ok but why does it do it when accessing ##3282# and clicking on evdo from both the edit and view option? Also mind you it did this on my EG30 firmware when I got the phone. I disagree for the simple fact my phone always did this from day one. Clearing my ram always crashed my radio on eg30 so how is that new? Don't get me wrong I believe they did find a way for the phone to not have to reboot when it happens, but that right there is not it. Its a hardware flaw..
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Also let me point out that my og epic used the same task manager and clearing out my ram would not crash my radio.
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Also let me point out that my og epic used the same task manager and clearing out my ram would not crash my radio.
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+1....clearing ram does not crash my radio
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Clearing apps and ram from the built in task manager does not, and never has, crashed the radio on my phone.
Did any of you two that never had this happen ever had a LOS occur before the fix? I'm no pro at being a super geek but I know when something seems screwy with my electronics...
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I got my phone about three months ago approximately. It must of had eg baseband on it because it immediately updated to ek02. I don't know if what I think Los is, is actually what it is. I thought it was, when you woke up the phone, you would discover that the 3g and bars were gone and replaced with a circle with a slash through it. Am I mistaken?
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I got my phone about three months ago approximately. It must of had eg baseband on it because it immediately updated to ek02. I don't know if what I think Los is, is actually what it is. I thought it was, when you woke up the phone, you would discover that the 3g and bars were gone and replaced with a circle with a slash through it. Am I mistaken?
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Yes sir that is LOS...
My radio does crash when clearing memory.
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Yes sir that is LOS...
My radio does crash when clearing memory.
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Did your phone suffer from LOS before the fix?
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Your radio will always reset after ##3282#.. It resets to apply any changes. Just the same as after a profile or prl update.
But should not after clearing apps in task manager.
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Your radio will always reset after ##3282#.. It resets to apply any changes. Just the same as after a profile or prl update.
But should not after clearing apps in task manager.
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No the heck it shouldn't! I'm not even applying any changes! All it takes is for me to click evdo from whichever option wether edit or view. Mind you my screen freezes fir a short min when I do go to the evdo setting. Maybe I should make a video bcuz i'm tired of people saying this is normal. I bet the people who said they radios do not crash when they clear the ram won't experience this issue. If this is normal why the same option on my og epic which I still have doesn't do this screwy behavior?
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Did your phone suffer from LOS before the fix?
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Hey Ray, no my phone has never suffered from LOS. I am one of the lucky ones.
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Hey Ray, no my phone has never suffered from LOS. I am one of the lucky ones.
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Ok that's good to know. I got the phone on December and I never got one either. However I did experience the no signal popping up whenever I shut the phone off every once in a while. Never happened again after I upgraded to ek02. I'm just trying to get some info b4 I decide to go to Sprint and swap it out.. Now if those other two guys who don't experience radio crashes when clearing ram would let me know if they ever had LOS prior to ek02 I'd gladly appreciate it. Its just the whole thing has me skeptical..
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sorry but...this is not new news...
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sorry but...this is not new news...
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I don't recall where I said it was... Just looking for info b4 I decide if I should swap it out. If you don't have any feedback concerning the issue I really don't see your point for the post. But thank you anyways for your input.
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No the heck it shouldn't! I'm not even applying any changes! All it takes is for me to click evdo from whichever option wether edit or view. Mind you my screen freezes fir a short min when I do go to the evdo setting. Maybe I should make a video bcuz i'm tired of people saying this is normal. I bet the people who said they radios do not crash when they clear the ram won't experience this issue. If this is normal why the same option on my og epic which I still have doesn't do this screwy behavior?
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I have both phones, and both perform the same way. As have the hundreds that I've troubleshot in the last three years at my store.
Sounds like you have heard your answer countless times, your just looking for feedback that follows what you want, not the actual facts.
Its not a crash. It will show a crossed out circle, flash connecting to voice(the 1x icon), and reconnect to 3G. If it isn't reconnecting, you have an issue. But, it will always reset.
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I have both phones, and both perform the same way. As have the hundreds that I've troubleshot in the last three years at my store.
Sounds like you have heard your answer countless times, your just looking for feedback that follows what you want, not the actual facts.
Its not a crash. It will show a crossed out circle, flash connecting to voice(the 1x icon), and reconnect to 3G. If it isn't reconnecting, you have an issue. But, it will always reset.
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1st I'll start off by saying two people already said they don't have this issue in this thread. 2nd how those the 1x icon show before reconnecting to 3g when Sprint disables the 1x from all their 4g phones from showing. And lastly I am glad you experienced the same behavior on all the phones you've worked on. I however didn't have that same experience. Anyways I already spoke to my friend (who works at a Sprint store) and he assured me his doesn't do it and if I would like I can come in to the store so he can order me a new one. Which I will do...
Edit: PS how dare you say all phones do it when I have my first epic 4g in my face and it is not doing this? Smh
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i work in the sprint store and in the past few days we have gotten at least 4 people with an epic touch still running gingerbread (with no option to update to ics) having issues with the bottom buttons not responding, touch screen acting weird, vibration activating sporadically, and with one case the media scanner runs in a loop. the only way to solve these issues have been to factory reset. but could only be temporary. the customers havnt returned. these issues have not just been happening on older devices but recent activation's.
is this a common issue? is there a fix? (without rooting!) we are a sprint store. we cant promote that lol
Check your same thread over in q&a...
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I noticed this after going from ics back to gb
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I just activated my phone yesterday morning. I am getting very similar issues as the OP. See here. The 4 capacitive buttons when they light up won't respond for a few minutes on mine also. Then the 'Options' button shows up.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1815553
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Sounds like a batch of bad software flashes from the warehouse. Probably just need reflashed?
FYI, our store hasn't seen this
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Sounds like a batch of bad software flashes from the warehouse. Probably just need reflashed?
FYI, our store hasn't seen this
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I thought the same thing but its been mostly from well established customers. It may have just been a coincidence but I'll see how this week turns out. The factory resets seem to have fixed the issues. Just could have been gingerbread getting confused after being used for awhile lol. Which brings me to another question.. is there any way to push the ics update to an epic touch that's still on gingerbread without Odin. Keep in mind this is a sprint store and we are very limited on our resources
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No matter what I do what ROM my menu pops up
Is this a fixable or known issue
I've owned 3 s2 epic touches none did this
Any fixes
Currently on 4.1.1 paranoid android
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It is a hardware issue. Get it replaced. Nothing can be done about it. Low signal triggers that. And read before posting.. there is a thread just below yours about it.
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Fixed had sprint mod out a LCD Cleaning / replacement they also mentioned 9/10 u can clean the debris under that area fixes it !
for future reference
no problems since
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What debris could possibly be inside a brand new phone? Many have had this issue fresh out of the box
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What debris could possibly be inside a brand new phone? Many have had this issue fresh out of the box
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Who knows? It fixed the issue.:thumbup:
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Oh thank you!! I thought I was the only one. LoL!! So try doing some cleaning? I guess I can get a replacement. No matter what ROM I use, my battery dies in lyk 1 hour of straight usage. Lyk Battery Monitor Widget tells me I'm using 2000mA. =.S
Anyways, that's off topic. So glad I stumbled upon this. LoL!!
Ive had my phone apart twice now cleaning/wiping. This fixes things temporarily but both times has come back with a short time
Does anyone on the ga10 leak still experience the phantom buttons yet? I haven't actually noticed it since the fk23 leak, and haven't seen anyone post about it lately. Did Sammy fix it? I did flash back to ics and got it a few times, but I haven't noticed it on jelly bean at all.
Edit: just noticed I'm in general and not Q&A. Can a mod please move this?
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Does anyone on the ga10 leak still experience the phantom buttons yet? I haven't actually noticed it since the fk23 leak, and haven't seen anyone post about it lately. Did Sammy fix it? I did flash back to ics and got it a few times, but I haven't noticed it on jelly bean at all.
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It happens to me in every single ROM or Stock I had flashed.
I've only had the problem on EL29, and on MIUI.us ROMs. No problems on GA10 though.
It's hardware, not software. Normally happens in low signal areas.
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It's hardware, not software. Normally happens in low signal areas.
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I have never once had the problem other than jelly bean. Got it bad on early AOKP/CM JB builds, happens less now
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Haven't had problems with it until I flashed GA10. Now happens every day
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I hate it. I'm trying to stalk my ex but can't because I'm afraid my phone will "phantom" like her Facebook status.
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It's hardware, not software. Normally happens in low signal areas.
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This I know, I was just curious because I haven't had one in what seems like forever now. And I am in a crappy area
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Finally Samsung solution!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=37142278
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Finally Samsung solution!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=37142278
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I got my phone replaced for a non related issue last month and the problem is still there. So this "solution" is bs.
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Had the same issue with phantom button presses and did some searching. Decided to get the digitizer replaced as suggested....haven't had the problem since.
Good luck!
I have had this problem on several of my phones. I purchased a slightly used black SGII that came stock with FF18 I believe, the phone was not rooted when I bought it and the person I bought it from did not know anything about rooting (of course this is just my guess and if the person was being truthful, which I think they were). I don't remember if I rooted it right away or if I left it stock for a few days but I noticed the phantom button presses pretty much right away. I then flashed one of the first JB leaks and the phantom buttons happened much much more frequently.
Brought phone into store to have it replaced, received a replacement refurb phone that come with latest official and it did not have the phantom button press issue. Pretty much rooted and flashed that phone shortly after and immediately started having phantom button presses. This replacement phone had GPS issues, and by GPS issues I mean the GPS would never lock even using the apps from the market. So I went back to and requested yet another replacement phone. Got the replacement refurb and tested GPS and it worked, so that was good and the phone did not have any phantom button issues either. Well I have left this phone bone stock, not even rooted and to this day I still have not had any phantom button presses like I did when I rooted and started flashing.
I know I know, it is a hardware issue, but myself and a few others have also noticed this issue happened AFTER rooting/flashing a phone we just received from Sprint. While on one of the JB leaks my phone would go through a a full minute where the buttons just kept being pressed and I could not do anything on the phone.
I have had two white SGIIs, one that I used myself for a while that I flashed very often and gave to my wife with Calkulins GB 3.0 on it. This phone never had any phantom button issues when either of us used it. The screen on that phone broke and was not usable so I had to get her another one, found a decent price on one that was working great just had some cosmetic blemishes on the case. Left that phone bone stock for her as well and that phone has never had any phantom button issues as well.
Whatever the cause of this issue is, I have noticed that it starts happening after you start rooting/flashing your phone. And even if you try to go back to the latest stock unrooted, which myself and another forum member have done, you will have the problem. But replacement phones from Sprint have not exhibited this issue.
I battled my Sprint store on this, as the technician couldn't reproduce it. And sure enough, as long as I'm running the stock ROM the technician flashed (flashing it myself did nothing to help), I don't experience the problem. The MOMENT I rooted the phone, and on all subsequent ROMs including stock, I had the problem again.
The above is interesting, though, and hopefully now I can talk the technician into doing something for me. I'll just hate to have to flash back to stock once again, and I'd hate to root it again afterwards and have the problem come back.
I have had this phone for 2 years today, phantom buttons started right out of the box stock gb at the time. Rooted and same problem, never took it in for a replacement this thing has been solid as a rock for me. After I rooted and flashed a stock ics rom it only happened in low signal areas. Now though I'm running the latest ga10 leak and have ran all but the very 1st fl04 jb leak, I have not experienced a single phantom button issue at all
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Finally Samsung solution!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=37142278
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Thanks to a printout of this I finally got my Sprint store to stop BSing me and order a replacement LCD. Should be in on Tuesday, and then we'll see where we stand.
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I have had two white SGIIs, one that I used myself for a while that I flashed very often and gave to my wife with Calkulins GB 3.0 on it. This phone never had any phantom button issues when either of us used it. The screen on that phone broke and was not usable so I had to get her another one, found a decent price on one that was working great just had some cosmetic blemishes on the case. Left that phone bone stock for her as well and that phone has never had any phantom button issues as well.
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My wife also has the white E4GT and has never had any phantom presses. For me, I'm on my 4th black E4GT in 8 months. All of them have had the phantom presses and for me, there has been NO correlation between the problem and being stock or rooted. I left my first 2 black S2's stock for several week, and had phantom presses with low signal right away. Rooting and flashing to another ROM never made it better or worse. But my wife has had her white version the entire time and NEVER had a single phantom press. Can anyone else testify to this? It should be friggin' illegal for either Sprint or Samsung to sell this phone with a bug like this. These phones were expensive, and at one point top of the line, and we all paid for them to WORK.
Sidenote: I have found a full-proof workaround for the phantom presses. I'm running Sniper's BAKED BlackBlean 4.2.1, which of course, includes the option to enable the Navbar/softkeys. Then I downloaded the Button Remapper app and changed the function of all the capacative keys to "Focus" which is, essentially, nothing. The BAKED ROM has the Galaxy S II Settings so I could also turn on the backlight on the keys. So now my capacative keys do NOTHING, which means they CAN'T phantom press, and I just use the navbar/softkeys. Not perfect, but infinitely better than dealing with the phantom presses on a daily basis.
Mines done it since the day I got it brand new. Waited about 2 weeks to root it. Still does it to this day. Its so freaking annoying
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What button remapper app?. Nothing in the market named that
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Mines done it since the day I got it brand new. Waited about 2 weeks to root it. Still does it to this day. Its so freaking annoying
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What button remapper app?. Nothing in the market named that
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Google Button Remapper apk. You'll find it immediately.
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